Dana Incorporated Looking for Plant Manager at Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada Full Time

To manage production resources, particularly equipment and staff so that quality parts are produced in the required volume, safely, consistently and on time.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensuring production, safety, quality and on-time delivery targets are met or exceeded daily. accordingly to volume, quality and delivery bogeys; immediately meeting Identifying and resolvingoperational challenges while optimizing the use of human, material and mechanical resources in fulfilling daily production goals;
• Developing short and long term labour plans to meet customer requirements and the annual business plan. Identifying training gaps and developing training plans to ensure a skilled hourly workforce that enhances the flexibility of our labour force.
• Identifying, promoting and sustaining Continuous Improvement efforts at the plant, to drive excellence in the manufacturing discipline and move the plant to the level of a world-class manufacturing facility; regularly teaming with engineering, quality, and materials management teams for continuous improvements optimizing production performance;
• Leading the production department in the annual business planning process; setting production department performance improvement targets with the Plant Manager, partnering with Plant Leadership team members, and supervising subordinates to ensure professional execution of improvement plans and realizing superior results;
• Supervising, mentoring and coaching production supervisors working in a unionized plant, ensuring that production-employee performance, communications within and across shifts, staff involvement, and health & safety priorities are met or exceeded each day;
• Supporting and sustaining maintenance improvements in quality, safety and up-time;
• Leading positive production and value-stream operating changes, so that the plant can optimize workplace safety, operational efficiency, productivity and/or cost.

Qualifications:

Post-secondary education in engineering, engineering technology, business administration or a related discipline. Progressively responsible manufacturing and supervisory experience in the auto parts industry in a unionized setting. Knowledge of Product System principles and processes including Kaizen, Hoshin Planning, visual controls, kan ban, set-up reduction, process mapping and MBF tools. Track record demonstrating success in teamwork, change management and continuous improvement – planning, establishing performance metrics and success in new-process implementation. Superior communications skills with the abilities to teach, motivate and develop people within this position’s scope. Strong analytical and personal computer skills. Health & Safety certification is an asset.